Wednesday, 3 October 2012

Take a Chartist holiday in Worcestershire in 2013

Ever wondered what it was like for those Chartists who won the right to rent a small cottage and farm a smallholding on the estates acquired by the Chartist Land Company?

Here is your chance to find out. The National Trust has restored one of the cottages on the Dodford estate in Worcestershire and is letting it out to holidaymakers. There are two bedrooms, a living room and a kitchen. But other than that, it is pretty much a back-to-basics experience.

There is a shower room and toilet, but these are in an outbuilding. And if it gets chilly, the heating comes from a portable oil heater. There is, of course, no television. The National Trust describes the experience as “camping within walls”.

But there is lots to enjoy in the enclosed garden, vegetable plots and orchard – even a beehive. Not to mention the surrounding countryside.

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Hello and welcome to the Chartist Ancestors blog. My name is Mark Crail, and I set up Chartist Ancestors back in 2003. I have been building it up ever since with the help of many very kind individuals who have provided both information and advice. This blog aims to highlight new additions to the site and developments in the wider world of Chartist studies. I hope you find it and the main site both informative and enjoyable.NB. The content of this blog was migrated from an earlier platform in March 2012, so anything dated up to and including 2 March 2012 on here was actually originally posted some months or years earlier.